Some people plan to accept health care penalty

Deadline to sign up for insurance on exchange is Monday

2:26 PM,
Mar. 26, 2014

Written by

Russ Zimmer
CentralOhio.com

The deadline to sign up for health insurance through the federal insurance exchange will come and go Monday, and Joe Lansinger and his family will continue to be uninsured - by choice.

Lansinger, who lives in Lancaster with his wife and their two young children, will be paying - with eyes wide open - a $500 penalty on his taxes, but many others are likely unaware about how much they'll have to pay for being uninsured.

The $560 per month premium (after government subsidies) was too much for a product his family wouldn't use, Lansinger said. ...